Spokesman: Romney’s Voting In Democratic Primaries Is ‘Totally Different’ Than Santorum’s Robo-Calls

Mitt Romney has made it clear that he’s not a fan of Rick Santorum‘s robo-calls asking Democrats to vote for him (or, for that matter, Operation Hilarity, which encourages the same). Incidentally, Romney himself strategically voted in a Democratic primary in 1992. His campaign spokesman took to MSNBC on Tuesday to clarify that what Romney did is “totally different” than what Santorum is doing.

As TPM notes, Romney was quoted in a 2007 story, saying, “When there was no real contest in the Republican primary, I’d vote in the Democrat primary, vote for the person who I thought would be the weakest opponent for the Republican.” Daily Kos’ Operation Hilarity essentially has the same goal: encouraging Democrats to vote for a candidate they believe cannot win against President Obama.

Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney’s campaign spokesman, said Santorum’s case is simply not the same thing:

That was a totally different situation, that was when Mitt was a private sector businessman, before he started his political career. He was an unenrolled voter, and that meant he could go into either party primary […] He never in any of the races where he was a candidate ever encouraged Democrats to go into a Republican primary and create mischief and that’s what Rick Santorum is doing.

Meanwhile, Daily Kos has put together a video of Romney’s conflicting statements.

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